Knockdown display stand



Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,331

. W. 5. NORMAN KNOCKDOWN DISPLAY STAND Filed March 10. 1926 2 Sheets-She" 1 INVENTOR W BY 4% I ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,331

w, s. NORMAN KNOCKDOWN DISPLAY STAND Filed March 10, 1926 2 Sheets-Shut 2 M fim 4 6/0187 lNVENTOR WITNESS: W ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT '1 OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. NORMAN, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO KWIK STEPS ('30., INCORPORATED, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, A CORPORATIQN F ARKANSAS.

KNOCKDOWN DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed March 10, 1926. Serial No. 93,752.

This invention relates to improvements in knock down display stands for use wlthin show windows and other places where small articles of merchandise are to be displayed and which owing to the construction thereof may be readily and easily knocked down or taken apart to facilitate the packrng of the stand in a compact position and wlthin 11mited space.

Another object of the invention resldlng in the construction of a vertically disposed base forming a plurality of steps thereon providing vertically disposed grooves there in for the reception of risers or supports upon the upper edges of which and the corresponding edges of the steps are positioned a plurality of shelves upon which the goods.

are supported and displayed. 7

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described,-illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective of the invention as completed.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the stand body. o Figures 3 and 4 are perspectives of the risers and shelves. v

Figure -5 is a perspective of a modified form of the invention. I

Figure 6 is a side elevation thereof.

the body.

Referring to the drawing in detail, where- V in like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 4 indicates a triangular shaped bodyhaving an upwardly extending cutout portion 11 provided in the lower edge thereof andadapted to receive a corresponding portion 12 provided in the'upper edge and 1ntermediate the length of a supportlng leg 13 whereby the said body 10 may be supported in the position as clearly illustrated inFigure 1 of the drawing.v The inclined portion of the body forming a plu'rality of steps 14 Figure 7 is an elevation of a support for from the base to the upper end thereof and g supporting members 17 whereby the shelves such as indicated at 18 may have their under surface'supported upon the upper edges of the steps 14 and supporting members 17 While their inner side edges having cutout portions 19 for receivingthe risers 20 of each succeedin step 14 whereby the shelves 18may not rodl; or become distorted from a given horizontal plane if goods or merchandise to be displayed upon the shelves areof greater avoirdupois.

In Figures 5 to 7 inclusive 1 have illustrated a modified form of the invention con templating the provision of a single strip forming the body 10 and supported upon its forward and lower edge by a correspondingly'shaped supportingleg 13 while-its upper portion having provided cutout portion, not shown, for the reception of the corresponding portion 14; provided in the upperend of a substantially inverted'V- The modification being much more simple and cheaper in construction and capable of being packed and shipped within less space than taken by the preferred form.

The invention is susceptible of various shaped brace plate 15. The purposeof the modification being to eliminate the support-o ing members 17, as illustratedin the preferred form and the cutout portions15 in changes in its form, proportions andminor I details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall withinthe scope of the appended claim. T V

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed is i i 7 'A knock down display stand comprising i a body portion having an inclined forward edge providing, a luralityg of" successive; I

steps, saidbody furt eris provided with an upwardly extending cut-out portion Within the lower edge thereof, means for supporting said body, shelves of different lengths fitted upon and ranging in line upon the upper edges of the steps and provided with out out portions within their inner side edges to receive the step risers therein, and

'* supporting members provided with cut-out WILLIAM S. NORMAN. 

